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House Amendment 8568

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 2498 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 22, by inserting after line 13 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec. ___.  Section 99D.25A, subsection 7, Code
  1  5 1997, as amended by 1998 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2121,
  1  6 section 1, is amended to read as follows:
  1  7    7.  A horse entered to race with lasix must be
  1  8 treated at least four hours prior to post time.  The
  1  9 lasix shall be administered intravenously by a
  1 10 veterinarian employed by the owner or trainer of the
  1 11 horse.  The commission shall adopt rules to ensure
  1 12 that lasix is administered as provided in this
  1 13 section.  The commission shall require that the
  1 14 practicing veterinarian deliver an affidavit signed by
  1 15 the veterinarian which certifies information regarding
  1 16 the treatment of the horse.  The affidavit must be
  1 17 delivered to a commission veterinarian within twenty
  1 18 minutes following the treatment.  The statement must
  1 19 at least include the name of the practicing
  1 20 veterinarian, the tattoo number of the horse, the
  1 21 location of the barn and stall where the treatment
  1 22 occurred, the race number of the horse, the name of
  1 23 the trainer, and the time that the lasix was
  1 24 administered.  Lasix shall only be administered in a
  1 25 dose level of two hundred fifty milligrams.  The
  1 26 commission veterinarian shall extract a test sample of
  1 27 the horse's blood, urine, or saliva to determine
  1 28 whether the horse was improperly drugged after the
  1 29 race is run." 
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  1 32                               
  1 33 BRUNKHORST of Bremer 
  1 34 
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  1 36                               
  1 37 MERTZ of Kossuth 
  1 38 EDDIE of Buena Vista 
  1 39 DREES of Carroll 
  1 40 HF 2498.307 77
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